Our online registration program allows you to pay your registration fee with a credit card, via a direct debit from your bank account or with a hard copy check. We currently offer American Express, MasterCard, and Visa.
We no longer assess a convenience fee for credit card payments.
The 2026 registration fee schedule appears below:
Active Status
Computing the time from the date you were admitted to the Illinois bar, if you were admitted:
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Before 01-01-2025 (Active Fee Detail)
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$385.00 |
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Between 01-01-2025 and the present*
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No Fee |
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If you are serving active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States**
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No Fee
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If you are serving as a justice, judge, associate judge or magistrate of a court of the U.S.A. or of the State of Illinois**
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No Fee
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If you are serving as a law clerk, secretary, or administrative assistant to a judge who is exempt from the fee**
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No Fee
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*Lawyers admitted to the Illinois bar between January 1, 2025, and the present will not be assessed a fee as a matter of course.
**Military, judicial and judicial staff exemptions will not be granted unless and until the fee exemption is requested and the appropriate paperwork is provided. Email registration@iardc.org to request one of the foregoing fee exemptions.
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| Inactive Status |
$121.00 |
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| Retirement Status |
No Fee |
| Reinstatement Fees pursuant to Rule 756 (i) |
$25.00 per month,
subject to a $600 cap |